TUPAIA

Tupaia

Tupaia is a treeshrew genus in the Tupaiidae family that was first described by Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1821. The name of this genus derives from the Malay word "tupai" meaning squirrels or small animals that resemble squirrels.

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